best way to change .htaccess files?

[bcsteeve]

I have a problem with my server caching stuff on their end.  They told me how to stop it, and it involves adding a line to .htaccess.  But there are dozens of .htaccess... do I add it to all of them?  Is there a simple way to do that?  What's the best way please.

[Kerm]

You need add that you want only in one file, that lies in site root folder.

 

And add your code before this line:

# ~~start~~ Do not remove this comment, Prestashop will keep automatically the code outside this comment when .htaccess will be generated again

 

Edited July 17, 2015 by Kerm (see edit history)

[bcsteeve]

Ahh, OK thanks.  So are all the sub-folder .htaccess files inheriting the properties of the ones in the site root?

Also when you say "site root", does it have to be at /  or is it ok to put it at /store so it isn't affecting (for example) my /blog, etc?  (in case it isn't obvious, prestashop is installed in /store).  Ie. Site root, or prestashop root?

[Kerm]

Properties inherited for all folders and subfolders, in folders same file more need it for security.

[Kerm]

The site root is in the place where you uploaded all the prestashop files.

[bcsteeve]

thanks.

[bcsteeve]

Whoops... that just resulted in an error 500

 

This is what I added to the top of the file:

Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"

I copy/pasted it from what the host told me to do.   Maybe it needs a semicolor or something?

[bcsteeve]

nevermind.... nano issue.  It didn't paste correctly.

[vekia]

dh42 released nice tiny module:
https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/454469-free-prestashop-htaccess-editor/